I'm new to AMC, but I'm definitely all about the Binks love. Yeah, I've noticed that some folks will get really angry at Bianca when it's the writing that really sucks. For instance, there seems to be a lot of Bianca hate among BAMers for not forgiving Maggie when Babe was forgiven.
Eden does an incredible job of transcending the material. She shines when the writing's good and when it's throwaway, she's still immensely watchable. Some of my favorite scenes with Binks are the tornado scenes right around Gabby's birth, where she hangs out with Zach. Some of the dialog is really strange (e.g.: "look what we did?!?!") given that Zach is married to her sister, and is the sperm donor, not the father. But it didn't seem awkward because she did a great job playing the big brother/baby sister-like bond between the two of them that I wish the writers could remember about right now.
Some of the writing is so off-base that even Eden can't save it though. One of the Breese clips had a scene of Bianca and Greenlee arguing about Binks getting involved with Fusion when Erica's out due to getting stabbed. So painful. Who writes these things?
Overall I'm very happy with TB. She does a great job of her scenes with Bianca and she's clearly super invested in the concept of being Bianca's girlfriend and soon spouse. I'm not 100% happy with how consistent Reese's character is though: she goes from being carefree, warm and open, to someone who holds back important stuff from the love of her life and back again. Something doesn't quite add up there even if I can't quite articulate it. Again, not TB's fault. She does do a wonderful job of her scenes with Binks when the writing allows her to do it. She's also done a great job of sending friendly but asexual vibes to Zach vs how loving she is with Binks. She's done a nice job with her Erica confrontation too. That said, my sense is that she hasn't quite made that role her own as much as Eden has with Bianca, but she and the writers only had a few weeks with it.
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Yeah, I've noticed that some folks will get really angry at Bianca when it's the writing that really sucks. For instance, there seems to be a lot of Bianca hate among BAMers for not forgiving Maggie when Babe was forgiven.
Eden does an incredible job of transcending the material. She shines when the writing's good and when it's throwaway, she's still immensely watchable. Some of my favorite scenes with Binks are the tornado scenes right around Gabby's birth, where she hangs out with Zach. Some of the dialog is really strange (e.g.: "look what we did?!?!") given that Zach is married to her sister, and is the sperm donor, not the father. But it didn't seem awkward because she did a great job playing the big brother/baby sister-like bond between the two of them that I wish the writers could remember about right now.
Some of the writing is so off-base that even Eden can't save it though. One of the Breese clips had a scene of Bianca and Greenlee arguing about Binks getting involved with Fusion when Erica's out due to getting stabbed. So painful. Who writes these things?
Overall I'm very happy with TB. She does a great job of her scenes with Bianca and she's clearly super invested in the concept of being Bianca's girlfriend and soon spouse.
I'm not 100% happy with how consistent Reese's character is though: she goes from being carefree, warm and open, to someone who holds back important stuff from the love of her life and back again. Something doesn't quite add up there even if I can't quite articulate it. Again, not TB's fault. She does do a wonderful job of her scenes with Binks when the writing allows her to do it. She's also done a great job of sending friendly but asexual vibes to Zach vs how loving she is with Binks. She's done a nice job with her Erica confrontation too.
That said, my sense is that she hasn't quite made that role her own as much as Eden has with Bianca, but she and the writers only had a few weeks with it.
BTW, your Kenlee fic was made of win.